My Tacoma is a doctrinaire prick. Or it’s being maliciously complaint because it harbors a grudge for some reason.
On our drive to Elyria, I wanted to switch to a different audiobook. The audiobook app on my phone responded with:
“The library function cannot be accessed while…”
I didn’t try to display the rest of that sentence because some attention should be given to driving, but it probably ended with “driving”.
New York school deploys AI teaching robot from company linked to sex bots
The first potential steps toward another profession being wiped out by AI are being taken in New York. When students in the Salamanca City Central School District in Western New York return to school in the fall, they will find a new teaching assistant: a robotic one powered by artificial intelligence.
People who don’t understand technology or learning, have always predicted that the new technology will make teachers obsolete.
Two years ago today, a George Washington-level miracle or good fortune saved presidential candidate Trump from being assassinated.
How did the Secret Service get so shitty? It must have taken decades to degrade so thoroughly. You’d think every president would make sure the Secret Service upheld the highest standards.
The final report of the incident by the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General, explains what went wrong and how to fix it.
That afternoon, the assassin, Thomas Crooks, flew a drone over a crowded event to survey the area. The Secret Service had no idea. That’s nuts.
FCC Approves Reflect Orbital’s Space Mirror Satellite That Astronomers Hate
Despite a flood of objections, the FCC has approved a startup’s plan to launch a controversial satellite that’ll use a giant mirror to reflect sunlight to Earth after dark.
This technology is designed to heat up the planet by adding energy. If anyone ever cared about global warming, they should be talking about this.
I’m not very smart. I got a B- in Electrodynamics. There are people way smarter, but this should be obvious to anyone.
Britain braces for hottest June day on record
She seems nice. Probably a druid or some other kind of pagan.
The article says that it may hit 38o C in England this week. For countries that landed a man on the moon, that’s about 100o F.
Since it’s Monday and Sparky hasn’t woken up yet, starting a cult seems like a good way to pass the time. The cult won’t commence until March 14th, so it’s safe to tell you how the operation works.
Provide your social security number, and the universe provides guidance on what today holds for you. The system is based on the irrational number, Pi, so it’s scientific.
NPR: Data Centers are expensive, unpopular and could be a tipping point in the midterms.
I enjoy NPR because they think it’s plausible that data centers could influence the midterm elections. Data centers are not a tipping point, but are a big deal that smart people should be thinking about. So far, it seems like dimwits are just scrambling for cash. What gets done will effect normal people like us.
Five Amazing Facts About the Lockheed U-2
The Lockheed U-2 has been around for decades, but much of the information was classified. A new book is coming out, and it will probably be interesting.
The amazing fact I learned is that due to the operating altitude, conventional jet fuel boils off. To research an appropriate fuel, they turned to Jimmy Doolittle, of Doolittle Raid fame, who was then a VP at Shell Oil.
This is what happens when you get out of your lane on Youtube. The couple of Youtube videos I mentioned in earlier posts, has skewed my algorithm.
I watched one video of a talented girl playing Orange Blossom Special, and now Youtube thinks I want to see a girl with a club foot or palsy, busking with her banjo cousin. I’m not clicking on that, but somehow, it’s been viewed 16 million times.
The other one is worse. Why is a naked guy talking to a dog in the middle of what looks like Amsterdam? What is he saying? Something like, “Love knows no bounds. Acting on that love is only natural. Look, it’s only weird if you make it weird.” The dog looks receptive.
Newsweek: NASA Introduces Newest and Cutest Artemis 2 Crew Member
This dumb plushie mascot was mentioned in videos and articles about the Artemis 2 mission. It was embarrassing to watch them strain to make ‘Rise’ go viral.
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